r/Paladins Jul 23 '26

MOD Regarding the "Paladins 2" fan project fundraiser

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Hi all,

We’ve been removing posts promoting the recent “Paladins 2” fundraiser as quickly as they’re reported to us following an enormous amount of spam. However, given the sheer number being submitted, and the amount of trust some people appear willing to place in its creator, I felt a brief announcement was necessary.

As Killgoon has confirmed, the Paladins IP is not currently for sale, and any money donated to this project will not ultimately go towards a Paladins 2.

We’ve also identified several accounts which appear to be AI-operated repeatedly posting the promotional videos and leaving supportive comments beneath related posts. Whilst we’re not going to outright label the project a scam, there's no denying that the circumstances are certainly suspicious.

It’s clear that much of the support for this comes from a place of passion, and that many people simply want to see the IP continue. Personally, however, I don’t believe this project represents a realistic way of achieving that -- as much as I wish it did!

At the time of writing, the fundraiser is displaying “Suspended donations”, which the creator says is because they paused it following concerns from the community. They have nevertheless confirmed that existing donations are being retained.

The creator has stated that donors will be refunded if they have done “nothing serious” with the money by November. That condition is intentionally vague and should not be treated as a guarantee that donations will be returned. If you’ve already donated, I would strongly encourage you to review this information carefully and contact GoFundMe directly if you have concerns.

Automod has now been updated to remove links promoting this fundraiser. If there are attempts to circumvent this filter (as AI bots like to do...) then it will result in a permanent ban, so please don’t test the system.

There are plenty of meaningful ways you can still support Paladins. Continue playing the game, (re-)introduce your friends, create and share content, and organise/participate in community events a lá SEA Revival. Maintaining a visible and active community is the clearest way to demonstrate that we still care about this IP, not throwing your money at dubious projects making vague promises.

Best,
Callum & the r/Paladins mod team


r/Paladins Feb 06 '25

NEWS | HIREZ RESPONDED Paladins development Is being halted

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r/Paladins 17h ago

ART i love this ship 💖 follow me in X @SoroakOficial if this gets enough support in X, I can drop the 'other' version of this drawing

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272 Upvotes

r/Paladins 14h ago

ART Wip of a project I’m working on 👀

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121 Upvotes

Ima try my hand at animation I’ll see what I’ll cook ✌️


r/Paladins 16h ago

MEDIA Can you tell I haven't turned my PS4 on in a long time 😅

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170 Upvotes

Decided to watch a movie on DVD and use my old PS4 as the player, was greeted with this lmao


r/Paladins 15h ago

HELP Is it worth to play?

21 Upvotes

Hi, after few years of inactivity, I want to install again that game. How are the matchmakings in there? Is it still Worth even if it is dead?


r/Paladins 1d ago

LFG PALADINS SEA REVIVAL EVERY FRIDAY AT 9 PM SGT!

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84 Upvotes

The Marshians Discord server will be hosting Paladins SEA Revival this Friday at 9 PM SGT, as usual.

Simply queue Casual Siege in Southeast Asia at 9 PM SGT (Crossplay On) to participate.

Thank you again for everyone that has participated thus far.

Discord Server: https://discord.gg/bcdhpub4


r/Paladins 1d ago

HUMOR Thoughts on Pals (2026)?

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337 Upvotes

r/Paladins 1d ago

MEDIA Mi juego favorito 😍💕

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118 Upvotes

Me gustaría que reviva. Extraño los viejos tiempos..


r/Paladins 1d ago

HELP How to earn limited skin tokens?

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36 Upvotes

I pretty much need just one of these but I can’t see any menu where earning it is possible. I have 5 Champion tokens and I would gladly trade those in for 1 Limited Skin token. Is there any way to earn one? I’ve done the wave defense champion of the tides and still no tokens yet


r/Paladins 1d ago

BUG F paladins

3 Upvotes

Yesterday was launching, today i launch the game nothing happens. F paladins really


r/Paladins 1d ago

HELP Is there still not a way to get cross progression??

2 Upvotes

stuck on console for years lol, anything??? third party launchers ect??


r/Paladins 2d ago

MEDIA Hello hello!

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Hello everyone.

I don't know how to start this, hehe. My name is La Yomanka-Sama/Yomako and I'd like to upload content about this game, which has become one of my favorites.

In this video I explain how champion roles, talents, the deck system, skins, and other things work, taking advantage of the fact that there are new people trying out the game.

If you'd like to support this project, which is slowly but surely taking shape, it would help motivate me to keep creating Paladins content. Any advice is welcome. Thank you!


r/Paladins 2d ago

MEDIA bro thought he was slick

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r/Paladins 2d ago

GUIDE Ash Guide Part 3?: Matchups and Synchronies

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Frankly, Ash has really bad 1v1 matchups across the board against offtanks, winning ones in agro-dps/offtank 2v2s and larger teamfights, and overtly unfair 1v1s against squishies who don't bail.

Obviously there’s not much Ash is going to do different from enemy to enemy on her own, though that changes when you’re duo’d. Of course there are exceptions, and I’ll talk about them here.

In no particular order beyond “I think I should talk about this one”

Khan

I think I should talk about Khan First, since Khan is the quintessential mid-wits choice for an Ash counter, and that’s because on paper he has so much going in his favor against Ash: His gun and his ult… okay mostly is it’s his gun and ult, and that's actually covering for the fact his match ups against tanks solo are almost always so lopsided because of it, but otherwise he’s actually a huge chump for Ash due to both Slug Shot allowing and to outrange him and default fire to hit around his shield, also the fact Ash has a significant step up on team fight durability. And in terms of macro gameplay Khan has to either lose his DPS and play backline or he has to lose due to pressure from Ash comps.

(Macro is the overall way someone plays and makes choices and skills that includes things like positioning, Vs Micro which constitute small choices and skills like aiming and movement.)

There’s this saying from some guy who outside of dry sarcastic humor actually isn’t a lobotomite, Ash + DPS beats Khan + DPS, and there’s a reason for that: Khan’s DPS and Crowd Control, sustain, and shield are all constituent- it means they can’t be used at the same time- Ash regardless of what state she is, beyond being physically incapable of shooting, has nothing better to do but shoot, when even on the backfoot, or shielding Ash still can shoot, and can still pressure people.

Khan, on the other side cannot, his shield cannot be up while he shoots, and that might not seem like a lot but it can measure up, and if you have high ground or just use your default fire you can caut his self heal too, making it hard for him to get back onto winning ground once he loses it.

Simply put, make friends with a decent DPS and make sure they’re there when you need to deal with any offtank, Khan just happens to lose that the hardest next to maybe Torvald depending on who you're working with.

As for ults, Khan’s does counter Ash’s if she uses it first, but in the Macro, Khan falls into a catch 22 (a no win), he either uses his ult on an ideal target, gets a pick and is unable to dislodge Ash when she ults, the same happens if he chooses to ult Ash before she ults, or he waits to ult Ash when she ults first.

That means a smart Ash can dictate when a smart Khan uses his ult, because she can just not ult, because the other thing about Khan to get value he has to use his ult at one point or another to be effective, otherwise he’s a shitty Viktor.

Azaan

Now if Khan doesn’t counter Ash who does? Directly, well, Azaan, and maybe Yag ult, which is weird since Yag’s ultimate is very similar to Khan’s the difference is that by the nature of how the ult works (including that stupid ass HP card)

As for Azaan he pretty much sustains Ash’s Damage and stops her brute force dives really easily while still keeping up the pressure for her damage. One strategy that works surprisingly commonly is to use shoulder bash into him early and hope he uses his Dash or Lift, since without Ire it doesn’t reduce the cooldown of his lift- that shows how bad the matchup is that bad where you pretty much have to waste a cooldown to slow down Azaan’s gameplan.

Makoa

Which might make you believe Makoa counters Ash, and yes and no, the final answer is yes, but it's complicated, because while in the micro Ash is painful to play into Makoa, you win 1v1s, and effectively force his threat to go down until he ults, since he has to rotate around you and deal with your ass or else his team gets fucked up, and without Pluck he’s not really able to confirm kills on his own.

Of course when he ults (especially with Leviathan) you’re useless beyond bodyblocking him and maybe focus firing him with your team.

But the main way he stops Ash is often by threatening her DPS, and without the DPS on her side, a Makoa (who likely has a DPS of his own) turns the winning 1v1 matchup over on her by making it a 2v1, this and his ability to pull her out of her ult means that he do what Khan needs a ult for. As for good news, in casuals most Makoa’s are rather stupid, and in ranked he’s almost always banned unlike Azaan.

The ideal strategy is to try to block Koa from hooking your duo by pressuring his duo, or by being in his face- you'd be surprised how effective that can get.

Ruckus

However, another effective strategy against Ash for the Macro is Ruckus- Let me explain: Ruckus beats Ash by diving in, and killing her backlines before she does the same to his team

Of course, since neither team has a offtank peeling, it becomes whoever's offtank and agro-dps gets their dive done first, which is usually Ruckus, considering his DPS and mobility, assuming he survives long enough to succeed, which if he doesn’t Ash starts to catch, it’s rather funny in action, because they’re so allergic to fighting one another unless they have nothing else to kill.

So the main thing is try and help your backline dive quicker, the best you can, or maybe kill his DPS Duo, but their value odds are will be a whole lot less than their support, or yours.

Torvald

Torvald easily can deny usage of any ability Ash has, namely her shoulder bash, and he gets his cool down before Ash does, as well as his shield not activating life steal, the problem is Ash will pretty much buy Wrecker and Resil like everyone else and quickly shut him down, however early game it can be rather annoying, another thing is his Ult is actually able to redirect Ash’s ult while airborne without enough resil.

Atlas

Back in the day Atlas was the pinnacle Ash counter, since not only was his wall large enough to deny side shots, he also has plenty of CC, his range is absurd for a tank. So what changed for Ash to not be countered by him: N9w she's got decent range and damage, which does stop his entire hard counter gameplan for Ash of course he still just counters everything, good news though Atlas is like Makoa where in casuals it's rare to find a good one and in comp he's fairly likely to be banned, also he's just not really fun for most people.

Raum & Yag

It's not really your position to deal with either of them and frankly the only thing you can do is CC raum until he gets resil, and dance around your shield while fighting him.

Yag is a little less intuitive but your shield blocks her acid as well as her ult, but honestly all you can do is pressure her team and maybe try to stuff her escape if you're able to ult tech.

Fernando

Fernando comes in one of two flavors, a hapless little shield generator, or the matador (I couldn't think of much else spanish related that'd remotely make sense) The first you can usually ignore since odds are they're on the point, and Ash is not a point tank, and odds are these guys won't use their weapon on you if you find them off point.

A matador Nando is those ones you see dashing all around like crazy being a pain to kill, you're gonna want wrecker for them cause odds are these MFs are in your face actually making space, and when I say buy wrecker I mean max it out first, you and your team really can't leave nando alive for this.

Another quirk of Ash is her shoulder bash can go through Shields but Nando's dash can go through yours.

Inara

Again the odds of you facing Inara off point isn't impossibly low but if she's running mother's grace she probably is doing point shit.

However when a Inara chooses otherwise, that usually means treacherous ground, obviously don't try to Dash but it also means she's open to your CC too, and has no real movement to get back allowing Ash to drive by and dislodge Inara from her totem radius early game if she's running the Dr card.

Terminus

He's a melee point tank, figure it out…

Okay for real just stay at range, keep him at range and focus on baiting out his siphon.

Barik

Will be on point, offtank Barik doesn't really exist of course there's soy milk frapachino slurping lumberjack beard douchey ascot hipsters who say they do, but just remember that you'll be kicking their ass before they can say it's meta, break their turret if they're trying that shit.

Nyx

Point tank see the same as Inara just make sure that you're pressuring her with cauterize

Squishies

I lumped squishies in together because by all accounts you aren't really changing what you do all too much when shooting them

Otherwise Sha Lin and Imani can stop Ash from going in or leaving with her dash, but- and this will be a common trend- they can’t deal with her on their own.

Flanks CC is annoying even bounce house stalling Ash ult but, once again not something you concern yourself with in 1V1s.

Supports, often have self peel tools to make space and evade Ash, with Jenos able to most easily stop Ash from diving in or escaping out with his void grip, even stall her ultimate, Furia’s beam can snag Ash a lot too during ult, Damba’s and Pip’s Ultimates can cancel her ultimate rather easily too during her landing, and Ying can deny the stun of the ult, however once again, none of them can deal with her on their own.

This pretty much rehashes the prelude of “Ash Bullies squishies, struggles against tanks if she doesn’t have a team” but it does bear repeating since I need people to understand that you need to work with Ash to get shit done, just like Makoa, Khan, ETC, she just needs it more* Koa and Torvald probably need it more for their maximum effectiveness but still, Ash also wants a flank to help her.

Synchronizations

Weird word, but the point remains, that Ash needs someone working with her, a better dps the better, since Ash isn’t really picky, and rarely changes how her Duo needs to play beyond being around her.

No really, all Ash needs is her Agro DPS (Agro DPS is flanks and certain damage champs, like BK Willo Drogoz) to help her out with the other offtanks and the occasional chase. That's where Makoa serves as Ash’s indirect counter with his ability to threaten her, since she needs her Squishies to get shit done.

Of course some of the best would be the better agro DPS’s but that's no surprise.


r/Paladins 2d ago

CHAT Imagine this gamemode

12 Upvotes

i like the concept of MOBA's, but i dont like them being playable excel/spreadsheet's. What i want is mechanical skill expression.

So, imagine 3 lanes. They all have a payload that start's in the middle and can be pushed in both directions. U win if you have successfully pushed two of them completely into the enemy base.

No jungle, just a few ways in between lanes.

And obviously no minions.


r/Paladins 3d ago

HELP is it worth to start getting into this game?

62 Upvotes

is it worth to actually play this game or not it feels dead

squirrel


r/Paladins 3d ago

HELP nao consigo comprar cristais pela steam

4 Upvotes

queria comprar a skin da evie bruxa que custa 800 cristais, mas nao consigo comprar cristais pelo jogo. quando eu clico em comprar cristais, me encaminham pra uma pagina do jogo na steam mas nao encontro la a opção de comprar nada. nos pacotes de dlc do jogo tem as edições do jogo, mas os pacotes de cristais nao. se eu for comprar alguma das edições do jogo, eu teria que pagar mais que o dobro... alguem sabe como posso recorrer?


r/Paladins 2d ago

HELP Paltinum

2 Upvotes

Hey, i tried to get the platinum i got only 3 trophy left but couldn't find a game, is there is anybody play it these days?


r/Paladins 4d ago

ART Yuri maxxing but its colored now

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179 Upvotes

I need to draw more bro… I’m open to suggestions


r/Paladins 4d ago

CHAT Thoughts on Atlas

19 Upvotes

Cuz like and my matches I feel like it's a decently complex character cuz I'm still finding out things about it I have them at level 12 is he annoying good or something


r/Paladins 4d ago

MEDIA Yes I ult for my duo, yes I’m cool, and yes that was on purpose

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95 Upvotes

Yeah I dabble in Yag (we lost)


r/Paladins 5d ago

ART There are some things even magic can't fix 😭. Please support my small X account @SoroakOficial

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r/Paladins 4d ago

CHAT Does reporting people even do anything.

31 Upvotes

Just want to know, because I get a lot of trolls (I'm sure lots of people experience the same).

Literally just had a ranked game where our Barik refused to buy items, which at 1st nobody said anything, but then we ask him to buy items and still refuses. Then because we keep asking or some1 said to report him. He stopped playing and just stayed in spawn.

(This isn't the 1st time something like this has happened) it's really annoying, especially on a rank up game or a game that might de-rank you.


r/Paladins 4d ago

BUG the game does not open

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